HP Serviceguard A.12.00.00 for Linux Release Notes, March 2014

Overview
This document provides information about HP Serviceguard A.12.00.00 for Linux.
What is new in this release
This section describes new features for HP Serviceguard A.12.00.00 for Linux.
What is new in Serviceguard for Linux
New features supported in this release are as follows:
• “Cluster simulation”
• “Cluster analytics ”
• “Serviceguard load sensitive placement of packages”
• “Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) ”
• “btrfs file system”
• “ Scalable cluster: 32 nodes support”
• “Easy deployment to set up cluster using cmdeploycl, cmpreparestg, and cmdeploycl
commands”
• “Support for IPV6 address”
• “New behavior during online reconfiguration of the package”
• “License Information”
• “Improved installation and upgrade through cmeasyinstall and cmupgrade commands”
• “Using Serviceguard with virtual machines” (page 7)
What is new in Serviceguard Manager
Managing multiple clusters in a datacenter without affecting the business needs is a key requirement
for any organization. The new generation Serviceguard Manager is built to manage multiple
clusters from a single window. Serviceguard Manager is compatible with only A.12.00.00 version
of Serviceguard and its products.
To launch Serviceguard Manager you need to specify the URL in the following format after installing
Serviceguard Manager successfully:
• http://<fully_qualified_domain_name >:5511
Example:http://example.com:5511
• http://<ipaddress>:5511
Example:http://127.0.0.1:5511
The URL entered in the browser will be automatically redirected to https on port 5522 to securely
access Serviceguard Manager.
Some of the key features supported by the Serviceguard Manager are as follows:
• State of the art UI to manage your cluster environment.
• Multi cluster management.
• Creating clusters, packages, and toolkits.
• Editing clusters and packages.
• Managing clusters, nodes, and packages.
• Monitoring clusters, nodes, and packages.
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